[Bounty] 5 BTC for an OpenPay Logo (get your skills noticed!)

[isis]

OpenPay is picking up more steam everyday. 

Unfortunately, while managing projects, designing software, and coding them are all core competencies for me, Art is not.

Therefore I propose a contest!

Post your best OpenPay logo here.  It must be brandable, unencumbered and most importantly it needs to be unique and not a spin on someone else's trade or service mark.  No watermarks allowed please.

Ideally there should be a logo for "OpenPay" the payment network, and another for "The Open Payment Alliance" a non-profit being founded to manage it.

Please post either an SVG or png.  PSD or other original source form will not be needed until payout of the bounty.

In 1 month from today I will post a poll with the various submissions as show in this thread.  The winner will be chosen by popular vote.

If I see high quality submissions, I will probably increase this bounty to as much as 50 BTC before the voting begins.

[isis]

Edit: willing to modify, consider this a mockup

I like it.  Maybe try different currency symbols in different places.  I'm curious as to what this would look like with Euro, GBP, Yen etc in different places.

Also we need a square shaped logo for icons.

[jim618]

Just to see what the shape of the ideograms are, I just used Google translate to translate "open pay" into simplified Chinese.

It comes out as:

打开支付

Dǎkāi zhīfù

You would probably need a native Chinese speaker if you wanted a two ideogram variant that gave the same impression of openness and payment.

Just thought I would throw it into the pot as there are lots more writing systems than just Roman characters !

:-)

[75RTUGA]

[75RTUGA]

[75RTUGA]

[isis]

Wow!  Those all look fantastic!

[Timbo925]

Let me try something
Still not perfect but starting concept.



If you have some feedback it is always welcome.

-Timbo925

[danieldaniel]

If you have some feedback it is always welcome.

-Timbo925

I very much like this. Single correction: currencies

What is openpay, exactly?  Is it so you can pay with any P2P currency?

[Timbo925]

If you have some feedback it is always welcome.

-Timbo925

I very much like this. Single correction: currencies

Thanks,
Corrected the mistake and added a faded globe to the left puzzle peace.
By changing the color we can change the feeling of the logo. Not sure which is the direction of the company but this can always be changed after the fact .

[isis]

If you have some feedback it is always welcome.

-Timbo925

I very much like this. Single correction: currencies

What is openpay, exactly?  Is it so you can pay with any P2P currency?

OpenPay is an effort to bring Bitcoins from Cyberspace to Meatspace by creating a new payment network and leveraging existing infrastructure wherever possible.

What exactly that means, will depend on what role you play in the transaction.

If you're a merchant it means you'll be able to process transactions from anyone, anywhere at anytime in any currency without fear of chargebacks and with no network fee.

If you're a consumer then it means you can travel anywhere in the world and pay for anything in preferred currency, with no hassle.  You aren't charged interest, you have no extra fees to pay and unlike a prepaid credit/debit card, your OpenPay BTC balance is fully insured against theft and unauthorized charges.

If you're a service provider (Bank, Exchange, eWallet or other deposit accepting institution), becoming a member of the Open Payment Alliance and offering OpenPay enabled wallets means that you can give your new and existing customers confidence that their BTC balance is fully protected against loss, theft, or other liquidity problems.


From the perspective of someone helping out in this contest; OpenPay is best thought of as the next Visa, Mastercard, American Express, in otherwords a new payment type that will soon be accepted by merchants and used by consumers around the globe.  This means the logo should fit in one of the standard formats, such as this...
http://www.instamerchant.com/credit-card-logos/american-expres-visa-master-cards-medium.gif
Same proportions any ways.

I do like all of the submissions so far, keep up the good work!

[75RTUGA]

[75RTUGA]

...all...

[SSSSer]

i need logo too. pm estimate.

[isis]

@nomoreecoin
That's a great start, I worry though about the helm (boat steering wheel), since it's very similar to the symbol used to denote the 8 fold path which is a sacred religious symbol.  Can you try it without handles?

For the record we do need to try and avoid any similarity to religious symbols if at all possible.

That said, feel free to use common sense, for instance the "All seeing eye", is pretty ubiquitous on currency and has come to be almost synonymous with money.  Therefore incorporating it into your design would probably be alright even if it's technically a judeo-christian symbol.  It's essentially been co-opted by us money mongers

[majorddf]

Feedback welcome, I am generally a dev not a des

Also excuse the rough around the edges font, snipped from Google Fonts, don't have font suitcase at home! Would tidy at a later time.

[Timbo925]

Something different this time. Kept it simple & clean this time.
The slogan is "unlock the future". I think this is in line with the target of the company.
If you look at the logo it has the OP from Open Pay but it is also an unlocked lock (inline with the slogan).
Hope you like it. Comments always welcome 

[isis]

Something different this time. Kept it simple & clean this time.
The slogan is "unlock the future". I think this is in line with the target of the company.
If you look at the logo it has the OP from Open Pay but it is also an unlocked lock (inline with the slogan).
Hope you like it. Comments always welcome 

That's brilliant!  Not sure about the colors though.

[Timbo925]

Glad you like it 
I tried some other color and went for a blue one. Blue widely used for financial companies and gives a feeling of trust.
Also included a black and white version (always handy for print).

[Meizirkki]

w.i.p.


let me know what you think.